SLOW BAKE (Sundays LIVE 12-2PM PST/SLT)

Saturday, June 25, 2016

SL Music Fest continues Sunday, June 26!

'All around me are familiar faces' - Mad World

Screenshots from Cale's music video

Starting the afternoon line-up is talented Zachh Cale; if you have not heard him yet, you will be pleasantly surprised at his magnificently warm, but strong vocals, and piano prowess. He's opened for Seth Regan (Mankind Tracer) and performed alongside many of the SL greats! Listen to his cover of Mad World. As
the song says, in a sense, we are all "children waiting for the day
they feel good, happy birthday, happy birthday" to all of us. He kills it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Iv1PYVaI4

Zachhdelivers passion to the lyrics, whichfit with the coming of age of Second Life. All the people we have met, loved and lost in SL become part of our strange world.Even when we move on, the memories remain. SL musicians like Zachh bring us that passion when they perform.

Saturday, June 18, 2016

How time files! I am not quite the teenager; I will be 10 years old soon. Yet, SL has been a major part of my life since I arrived in 2006. I have dear friends here, and much of my RL work springs from here. I have experimented with building, fashion, machinima, storytelling and journalism as well as so many forms of creativity in SL. I have hosted a radio show for more than 6 years in Second Life.

This Sunday, I will be playing an unofficial tribute show to SL musicians who have shared their talent with us, both long-timers and newcomers. It's another historic edition of SLOW Bake on SL Live Radio this Sunday.

Also, Happy Father's Day to real and SL Dads! To me, it's all real!

Join me and hostess Belinda Barnes for Slow Bake as we celebrate SL's birthday, dad's day, and being one big happy SL family!

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Slow Bake on SL Live Radio has featured many SL musicians and among those greats is Seth Regan (formerly known as Mankind Tracer). I have blogged him in my own columns, wrote about him for Best of SL Magazine, and attended his numerous shows, as many as I could. Beside him through his many SL performances was his manager Brandy (Kalli Birman). She was the go-to person, fun, friendly, helpful, and caring. She contributed to the SL music scene, and to everyone's life in small and big ways. She
passed away last week, after having bravely battled cancer. Her story
is best shared by her longtime friend, musician Seth Regan, who will
return to SL to pay tribute to her life at Key West. Come prepared to remember the good times. Let's honor SL music through her life, for she indeed was a big part of it.

Jot down Sunday June 26th, 2PM in your SL Calendar. That's the rescheduled date for the 'Celebration of Life' in honor of a wonderful woman who many of us knew as core to the SL music scene.

It is times like these that Second Life is truly a community. We are not merely icons, personas, avatars - but let us acknowledge how real and fragile we are, and how together we are a collective entity that can change the world!

Seth Regan has shared a statement on his Facebook regarding the rescheduling and the significance of this event. Donations are welcomed to help her children.

POL Arida's music will sweep you away into an amazing soundscape, framed
by his talented producer Willie Logan. This track features the
haunting voice of Amanda Lyon. That's why I will be featuring "The Wind" this Sunday on Slow Bake as well as other POL Arida tracks.

Thank POL for another powerful tune and artistic
song/video. His voice, while unique to his own style, is reminiscent (at
least to me) of Springsteen. Perhaps he is Scotland's Boss. I do
know he is certainly one of our best in SL. You can connect to POL Arida on Facebook to
review/download his tracks, watch videos and for info on his gigs; there you can
also access the accomplished sounds of Willie Logan, producer, singer, and
guitarist. As I prepared this blog entry, I listened to Arida's music, as well as some of Logan's covers. Great stuff! I would love to hear more from Amanda Lyon too.

Catch "The Wind" on Slow Bake this Sunday, noon to 2pm SLT, SL Live Radio! noon to 2pm SLT.